Victories have not come easily for Mbeya Kwanza so far, and that also applies to Tanzania Prisons. These hardened teams eye some much needed points here.
- Mbeya Kwanza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Tanzania Prisons have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Ligi kuu Bara
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mbeya Kwanza form and stats
With 2 Ligi kuu Bara wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Mbeya Kwanza are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two home wins in a row for Mbeya Kwanza bring valid hopes of a third.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Kwanza, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 236 minutes in the Ligi kuu Bara.
A nice win for Mbeya Kwanza last time playing, versus Tanzania Prisons. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Ahead of that match, Mbeya Kwanza won a home game hosting Coastal Union (2-0).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kwanza have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mbeya Kwanza here at Majimaji Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 11 games). Kwanza are not conceding a lot of goals here at Majimaji Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Mbeya Kwanza has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Tanzania Prisons form and stats
Tanzania Prisons have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligi kuu Bara, after 1-2-7 (10 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Tanzania manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Two away games in a row for Tanzania Prisons, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Mbeya Kwanza.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Polisi Tanzania.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Tanzania in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Tanzania Prisons, seven draws and six defeats.
Tanzania Prisons are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 10 away games. It's not easy to score on Tanzania as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. When Tanzania Prisons is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Ruvu Shooting, Tanzania Prisons, Dodoma Jiji, Coastal Union and Biashara United.
Head 2 Head
These sides encountered each other earlier this match year: Mbeya Kwanza - Tanzania Prisons 1-0. Head to head totals (for the former two meetings): Mbeya Kwanza won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Tanzania Prisons managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneMbeya Kwanza missing players
Tanzania Prisons missing players
| Mbeya Kwanza | Tanzania Prisons | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| 91% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 86% |
| 64% | 55% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 20% | 45% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 20% | 36% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 45% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 20% | 32% |
| 27% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 27% |
| 36% | 45% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 70% | 55% |
| 4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 45% | 53% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 37% |
| 6.4 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
- Mbeya Kwanza have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tanzania Prisons have scored away.
- Mbeya Kwanza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Mbeya Kwanza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tanzania Prisons have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tanzania Prisons have the fewest points (5) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Tanzania Prisons have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Tanzania Prisons have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Tanzania Prisons have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Africans | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 56 |
| 2 | Simba | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Namungo | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Azam | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Kagera Sugar | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 29 |
| 6 | Mbeya City | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Geita Gold | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Polisi Tanzania | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | KMC | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Mtibwa Sugar | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Dodoma Jiji | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 12 | Biashara United | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Ruvu Shooting | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Tanzania Prisons | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 22 |
| 15 | Mbeya Kwanza | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Coastal Union | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 21 |
